PODCAST – BONUS FEATURE!
“Diversity and Motivation in the College Classroom”
with Raymond Wlodkowski & Margery Ginsberg
Description: Based on their recently revised book, Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in College, the authors will discuss the teaching methods and effective practical strategies that foster motivation among culturally diverse groups of adult learners. The discussion will include illustrative practices and tools to develop four foundational conditions for intrinsically motivated learning: establishing inclusion, developing a positive attitude, enhancing meaning, and engendering competence, as well as perspectives on the social justice implications of each condition. These insights and concrete suggestions are based on the authors’ experiences and research as college faculty.
About the Featured Podcast Guests:
Raymond J. Wlodkowski: Raymond Wlodkowski began his work in education as an elementary school teacher in the Detroit Public Schools. For the last thirty years he has taught at universities throughout the United States and Canada with professorships at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Antioch-Seattle, and Regis University-Denver. He is the founding Executive Director of the Commission for Accelerated Programs (CAP) and the former Director of the Center for the Study of Accelerated Learning at Regis University. He is a licensed psychologist whose work encompasses adult motivation and learning, cultural diversity, and professional development in higher education. Dr. Wlodkowski lives in Seattle and conducts seminars for colleges and organizations throughout North America.
He is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books including Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn, which received the Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature and is regarded as a classic in the field of adult education. His books have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. Dr. Wlodkowski has been the recipient of awards for teaching excellence at two universities and has also received the award for outstanding research from the Adult Higher Education Alliance. He has worked extensively in video production, authoring six professional development programs including Motivation to Learn, winner of the Clarion Award from the Association of Women in Education for the best training and development program in 1991. His Ph.D. is in educational psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit. Presently, Dr. Wlodkowski worked with Dr. Margery Ginsberg from the University of Washington-Seattle to complete the second edition of Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching.
Margery B. Ginsberg: With a background as a teacher on two Indian reservations, university professor, and Texas Title I technical assistance contact for the United States Department of Education, Margery Ginsberg is an associate professor at University of Washington-Seattle, where she works with doctoral students who are aspiring systems-level leaders. Her books include Diversity & Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in College (2009), Creating Highly Motivating Classrooms: A Schoolwide Approach to Powerful Teaching with Diverse Learners (Jossey-Bass, 2000), and Motivation Matters: A Workbook for School Change (Jossey-Bass, 2004). Dr. Ginsberg’s work is also featured in the recent ASCD video series “Motivation: The Key to Success in Teaching and Learning.” She has a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in Bilingual/Multicultural/Social Foundations of Education.
